Our Elements

It started in a field by the river
and then grew into a forest by the waterfall
soon we were conquering open water.

And when we felt the wind
we let ourselves be taken by it.

The storms blew us
and threatened to break us,
but the sun came back out
and we clung to what was important.

The wind still blows,
the storms still rage,
and the rivers still dance in their beds.
The stars still shine through the clouds
and the sun still rises in the morning.

Land and water,
both have stood between us
using time as their weapon.

But we have lived them all,
with still so many more miles to go.

I like to go back to that beginning sometimes
when the summer was young
and so were we,
as we laid there and listened to the river.